Madisonville will be getting a new Veterans Affairs clinic. It will be at 905 Nebo Road. It will provide outpatient primary care, general wellness, and preventive care by appointment. Construction will begin in January. The current clinic is located at 99 Stagecoach Road.
The traffic stop of an I-69 driver who was tailing another vehicle too closely is what led to the arrest of the driver. Central Dispatch notified the officer that Danielle Daugherty had no auto insurance. During a search of the vehicle, the officer located suspected meth and a glass smoking pipe. Daugherty said she had been using meth for about six months.
The Department of Justice will be sending federal election monitors around the country for Tuesday’s election. Their work is about voting-policies, not politics. They will not be in uniforms, or wear special pins. The monitors be at least 100 feet from the polling site. Anyone who witnesses or experiences potential voter intimidation should notify an election officer at the poll.
The first November meeting of the Madisonville City Council is this afternoon. Included will be the second reading of the ordinance relating to Tiny Home Planned-Unit Development. The 4:30 meeting will be in council chambers at 77 North Main Street.
The Kentucky Product Development Initiative is approving a build-ready, job-ready site at the industrial park in Princeton. The governor made the announcement.
If you have not yet voted, you should know that there is now a law in Kentucky that requires voters to have a photo ID. In another matter, the ballot includes a statewide constitutional amendment. It asks voters if they favor not allowing a governor to pardon or commute a state prisoner in the last 90 days of the governor’s term.
The man who attempted to flee from the Madisonville police is now in the detention center. The police were attempting to serve an active arrest warrant to Jacob Todd when he fled into a wooded area. Todd was located near his residence with muddy socks.
The police say that the Madisonville woman who broke into a residence on Sugg Street and destroyed property is facing burglary and criminal mischief charges. When the police located Tina Dutton, she admitted that she struck the resident in the face and threw a camera away. The police say there was video of Dutton’s visit to the Sugg Street property.
For the first time, the Hopkins County Schools will have a Director of School Counseling and Mental Health Programs. Dr. Whitney Peay will bridge the gap between typical guidance counseling and mental health intervention. She says the position is the only one of its kind in the area. Peay says her goal is to standardize protocols, so there are go-to approaches when kids are struggling in the classroom.
The governor is calling on all colleges and universities to conduct a rigorous review of their policies and practices related to sexual assault and harassment.
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